Plans to expand FMC on schedule

Hospital must decide fate of open-heart surgery wing

12:01 AM,
Apr. 4, 2013

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Fairfield Medical Center Chief Operating Officer Howard Sniderman on Wednesday said plans to open a new $35 million surgery wing are progressing as scheduled. However, hospital officials are trying to decide whether to include the open-heart surgery wing with the new wing.

"We're working with the medical staff to get their input and make that decision," Sniderman said. "That in itself impacts whether we need intensive care beds in the new area or whether those patients would continue to be taken care of in our current critical care unit."